tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post6327119843080152676..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: ANL Director: Use of Nuclear Energy is "Unavoidable"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-75023344082963433352007-04-26T21:41:00.000-04:002007-04-26T21:41:00.000-04:00I cannot understand the "necessary evil" comment e...I cannot understand the "necessary evil" comment either. As far as I can tell, fission is a huge boon to mankind - more of a gift from Nature or God or whoever runs this place we call Earth.<BR/><BR/>Why do even nukes fail to see the beautiful poetry, symmetry and amazingly efficient way to produce the power needed to mold the world to make it a more friendly place?<BR/><BR/>Maybe more people need to make friends with their neighborhood reactor. (I always thought of the reactor I was responsible for as a trusted shipmate.)Rod Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652375336090790205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-87517266500148487452007-04-26T09:24:00.000-04:002007-04-26T09:24:00.000-04:00If I'm not mistaken, Stewart Brand and/or James Lo...If I'm not mistaken, Stewart Brand and/or James Lovelock have couched their support for nuclear power in "neccesary evil" terms. I don't see this as being any different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-38600772978022752662007-04-26T04:51:00.000-04:002007-04-26T04:51:00.000-04:00The real question is why would you want to avoid a...The real question is why would you want to avoid a power source that is as capable, as clean, and as abundant as nuclear fission.<BR/><BR/>With leaders like this in the "industry" who needs enemies?Rod Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652375336090790205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-59634655676606301322007-04-25T16:48:00.000-04:002007-04-25T16:48:00.000-04:00The case for nuclear is that it is unavoidable? Th...The case for nuclear is that it is <EM>unavoidable</EM>? That's stupid.<BR/><BR/>I can think of several ways it could be avoided for the balance of this century, and almost as many ways it could be avoided by a high-power-using world almost indefinitely.<BR/><BR/>The case for nuclear is that it is safer and cleaner than today's majority energy sources, and, unlike them, inexhaustible. People who have a choice between putting themselves close to either an oil burner or a nuclear reactor that serves the same purpose sensibly choose the latter, <EM>even if working for an organization that lobbies to protect and increase fossil fuel tax revenue</EM>.<BR/><BR/>--- <A HREF="http://www.eagle.ca/~gcowan/Paper_for_11th_CHC.html" REL="nofollow">G. R. L. Cowan, former H2-energy fan</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-72833850621943673972007-04-25T13:10:00.000-04:002007-04-25T13:10:00.000-04:00Hmm. I guess CO2 is similar to deadly nuclear was...Hmm. I guess CO2 is similar to deadly nuclear waste in that it needs to be sequestered "forever." Except that it doesn't decay. Maybe we should reprocess used fuel and sequester CO2 at Yucca Mt. Would that be ok with Harry Reid?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com